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Etymologies

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[1239] Taurellus adds by clancular poisons he can infect the bodies, and hinder the operations of the bowels, though we perceive it not, closely creeping into them, saith [1240] Lipsius, and so crucify our souls: Et nociva melancholia furiosos efficit.